The Artificial Pain

Pain by nikko macaspac

The cloud hovers, wind blows, birds chirp, lights flicker, the patchy metallic roof dips water in the porch, the sound of nature humming in the ears is not audible yet. I know, I am incomplete. You also know, you are not yet at your destination. But do we carry the pain of not being at our destinations?

Let’s act Ranbir Kapoor of Bollywood movie “Rock Star”.

The acting

Art by Robert Keane

If you do not have the pain inside your heart of lacking the success, let’s act like you have it.

Let’s get up early in the morning, head down, walk shabby and head cranked up. Like your family asks you, “What is wrong with you?” And you tell them “I do not have my dream house up in Ireland yet. I can’t walk straight unless I have it.” There! Shed some tears. Make them think, you are stupid.

Tomorrow, walk normal, head high, all energetic and productive. This time walk with the grace like you are walking up in Ireland. They ask you, “What is wrong with you?” Tell them, “I am happy, I will get the house in Ireland someday”. There! Blink a little. Make them think, you are crazy.

Day after tomorrow, talk a little loud, like Napoleon in his teens before he cruised to Austria, Spain, Portugal and Russia. Make your friends feel, you are next Napoleon Bonaparte. The next French / Indian Revolution will start from you. Talk disciplined, sober and humble, like an emperor. There! Make them believe in you.

Act. I know you do not have the pain. But if you are not acting yet, you will never have the pain. Become just like Ranbir Kapoor. One day you will sing at Wembley Stadium in front of millions.

The destination

Green by Jeremy Cai

Cows grazing, lush green fields, wind towers moving, metalled road and red bright truck hindering sun rise, wind caressing and clouds thundering. It is all One amazing destination. It is a day, up in heavens.

Relatives showing you their farms on a video call, you planning at the back of the mind a movie in Cinema, thinking of sitting at a good cafe and having a romantic dinner with your wife. It is an afternoon up in heaven.

You ride your bike to the central park. Jog a little. Sweat. Pumped. Feeling brave. You take shower. You go to bed. Think of a sky filled with sprinkling stars. You have it all. It is an evening up in heaven.

Did you miss your flight? Break your favourite dining set? Failed in exam? Hit your toe? Got infected with Corona? Lost someone? Did hell break loose on you?

Don’t worry. It is temporary. Once you reach your destination, you will find these losses worth it. You will wish more losses your way. More misery your way. More pain your way. That day, once you will be weighed against the “difficult life scale”, you will be wanting more difficulties your way, today.

This world, the death, the grave and the day in front of your Allah. All are a blessing. Because, without this, you will never make it to heaven.

Conclusion

Marrakesh, Morocco by Jeremy Cai

Pain gives you reward. Reward gives you happiness. Happiness gives you abundance. Abundance gives you contentment. Contentment gives you patience. Patience gives you your destination.

Iterate this cycle in your life more often. Start with the acting, then embrace the pain. Find a fight. Hit it. Bend. Lose an arm. Win the battle. Become happy. Abundant. Patient. Your arm will grow back. Your losses will heal back. Your misery will avert. Get back into pain. Fight again. Hit again. Lose your life again. Now get happier. More in success. Abundance and Patience. Now, re live this cycle until you die. For, you will find the losses, the winnings and the failures worth losing it all.